Bus Shelter at Traboe Cross.
In June 1958 the Clerk reported on a meeting with the
Area Planning Officer at which they agreed on the
siting of the shelter together with the need for a
"pull-in" for an official bus stop. In July
the lease agreement with Mr. M.P. Williams was before
the Council as were tenders for construction ranging
from £43-16-0 to £79-10-0; predictably the
former was accepted. By October the shelter had been
built but not yet coloured "in order to blend with
the Surrounding Countryside". By December this had
been done and the pull-in had been quoted for but not
built.

There is now a large area of hard surface at Traboe
Cross and the shelter is maintained by the Council.

Christmas Tree
In December 1955 the Clerk related that he had visited
Mr. M.P. Williams at Lanarth asking for the gift of a
Christmas Tree to be erected throughout the festive
season in St. Keverne Square; Mr. Williams had kindly
consented to provide one and arrangements had been made
to transport, erect it and connect it to the electric
lamps. SWEB would lend the coloured lamps. A hamper
would collect gifts which would be passed to Dr.
Barnado's Home at the conclusion of the Christmas
period. There would be singing round the tree from
December 21st to 25th.

The following year it was resolved to call a public
meeting at which a Christmas Tree Committee with
responsibility for the arrangements in subsequent years
would be elected. The Council thereafter limited itself
to giving a grant to supplement money raised by the
Committee. Thus was started a tradition which has
spread to Coverack and continues to this day in both
villages.

Giant's Quoits
At the meeting in January 1966 it was reported that the
Giant's Quoits at Manacles Point had collapsed,
they had in fact been dislodged by an over-enthusiastic
digger driver from the quarry. The Council supported a
move to re-erect them provided there were no financial
implications. A Giant's Quoits Re-Erection
Committee was formed and by March 1968 could report
that the work had been completed, though the site was
not the original, that having been absorbed into the
quarry. After paying for a slate plaque there was a
credit balance of £3-16-11. The inscription on
the plaque was (and is):-

Giant's Quoits.

These stood for hundreds of
years at the Manacles Point
and were re-sited
here because of expanding workings
at the nearby
quarry.
1967

The Tithe Map
The tithe (or parish) map was drawn up in 1844 for, as
its name indicates, the collection of the tithes for
the Church. No doubt it will have been useful to the
Overseers when they came to be responsible for the
collection of the rates after 1894.

Emotion does not often come through the minutes, but
mention of the map is accompanied by a sense of
veneration, almost as if it is seen as the soul of the
parish. It is important that the key to the map should
be held by the clerk 97 in April 1913 there is concern
that it was in the hands of Mr. Tripp, builder. In
October, 1918 the locks of the map box had to be
repaired and it was again insisted that the key should
be in the possession of a councillor.

In December 1923 it was noted that the map was badly in
need of repair, that Mr. P.D. Williams had offered
£1 towards the cost and it was suggested that the
Clerk might do the work. The latter promised to look at
it to see if he could do anything with it. There is no
record of the result of his examination but in
September 1924 Mr. P. D. Williams wrote suggesting that
the map should be fixed on a spring roller at the cost
of eight guineas of which he was prepared to pay half.
The Council approved but in December were faced with a
quotation for repair from Siffon, Praed and Co. Ltd. of
London for £12. They accepted it and Mr. Williams
raised his contribution to £6. Eventually in
March 1925 the map returned from London and was to be
fixed on the wall opposite to that on which it had been
previously, presumably in the older school building on
School Hill.

From then on the key was supposed again to be in the
hands of the Clerk and he was empowered to charge any
stranger who wished to refer to the map the sum of
2/6d.

In June 1927 Cllr. James moved that if anyone removed
the map without the council's consent he should be
arrested by the police. Quite what dreadful happening
occasioned this dire threat is not clear, but in the
same minute the Council consented that the Clerk should
be summoned to produce the map at the County Court
provided his expenses were paid. This was in the case
of the Penhallick-Ponsongath footpath related in detail
in the chapter on Pathways. In June 1928, when the map
was required in London at the climax of that case, the
Council stipulated that the map could only be taken out
of the Parish in the charge of the Clerk and that all
his expenses would have to be paid.

In March 1933 a brusque minute says that the Clerk
should get the map repaired again. There is no mention
of any outcome.

For some years it was housed in the older school
building on School Hill, but it later became
peripatetic and moved to a garage, the Parish Hall and
to a goathouse. Anyone who needed to could consult it
and take tracings from it, no doubt the reason for the
erosion of the more inhabited parts. In 1991 serious
concern was expressed at its condition and Cllr.
Englefield obtained an estimate for expert repair from
the County Archives for £1,500. Grants were
sought from the National Conservation Trust who
suggested English Heritage who suggested the National
Conservation Trust. The PC saw that it was on its own
and decided to make it a project for the Centenary
Year. To help with the cost the map was shown at both
St. Keverne and Coverack; a total of £790 was
raised. It is hoped that the map can be exhibited in
all its splendour in 1994. *note - the map is now on
display at St Keverne Parish Hall

The Lizard Peninsula Tourism Association.
In June 1986, Cllr. Peters inspired the Parish Council
to call a meeting for the 11 councils in the Peninsula
to see if together they could not do something to
promote the area. Tremendous interest was reported in
the formation of a Lizard Peninsula Tourism
Association. In September Miss Gina Lazenby was engaged
to look into short and long term advertising. She was
paid £3,000 which, together with postage,
stationery and initial advertising, was paid for by all
the parishes precepting a 1/10 penny rate. Thereafter
the brochure was to be paid for by those advertising in
it.
So it continues up to the present day with more
advertisers being attracted each year.

Summer Diary.
In the early 1970's Cllr. S.R. Retallack and the
Clerk Courtenay Hocking produced a Summer Diary in
order that local organisations could advertise their
events free of charge. The Diary continues to be
published and is very beneficial to the many visitors
during the summer season.

The Parish Handbook.
At the January 1981 Council Meeting the Chairman had
enquired from Members whether they were in favour of a
Newsletter for the Parish and this was agreed to. A
sub-committee was formed and at the February meeting a
mock-up of the proposed booklet was produced, included
were advertisements from local businesses, in formation
on local organisations, bus time-tables, general
information on the County and District Councils
services and walks. The handbook was well received and
in 1987 a second one was produced with an increased
range of information.

Precepts.
Every year the Council precept Kerrier District Council
for funding to administer the Council's finances
and from these funds grants are made to local
organisations within the Parish. Due to substantial
grants being made the Parish now enjoys two very well
equipped halls, St. Keverne Parish Hall being rebuilt
in 1979 and extensions and renovations to Lambeage
Hall, Coverack throughout the 1980's.

Grants are also made towards the upkeep of the
churchyards at St. Keverne and Coverack and the parish
playing field annually.

A Note on Planning.
The Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 set up the
basic national framework which has since been much
refined. The Parish Council performs an important
function because amongst its members there is at least
one who has a detailed knowledge of every site in the
parish; it is thus well placed to pass its
recommendation on to the Planning Authority which is
Kerrier District Council. Such recommendation must, of
course, be in accordance with the County Structure Plan
and various guidelines issued by Kerrier if they are to
have any validity.

Although the Council spends as much time on this as on
any other single topic and its observations assist
decisions, those decisions are made and enforced (or
not enforced) by others. Achievement and outcome are
therefore irrelevant to this short history.